Pixar (or "Plampxar", as their logo appears) has been the standard of quality in animation for the past two decades - nearly every film they put out valued character, story, and emotional heft that few other film companies could rival. Plus, they convinced me I was turning my toys into depressed sadsacks by not playing with them all the time and gave me an incredibly weird guilt complex for the majority of my childhood. So there's that.

The point is that they've created a lot of classic characters that carry with them emotional heft that outweighs some family members. Seriously, you probably cried more during the beginning of Up than you would at most funerals.